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Jaguar XK8 Fuel Pump Replacement (and Fuel Tank Removal)

This video shows (more or less) how to replace the fuel pump on a Jaguar XK8. My car is a 2003, which has a slightly different fuel system than the 2002 and earlier cars. Starting in 2003 the cars utilized a "returnless" fuel system, which means that there is no return fuel line from the engine. Prior to 2003 there was a regulator up in the engine bay, and that regulator controlled the fuel pressure by directing excess fuel back to the tank in a return fuel line. The procedure for a pre-2003 car is essentially the same, the only difference being that there would be TWO of the incredibly difficult fuel lines to disconnect.